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New energy for IT man from Clean Language coaching

IT consultant Matthew Dodwell was unhappy with the way his career was going: so unhappy that he was hoping to escape from the industry and do something completely different. But after a series of Clean Language coaching sessions with Judy Rees, he’s found new optimism, new energy and a new direction. He explained, “I’d got myself stuck, ...

Clean Cards, Change & Clean Transfer

Hans-Peter Wellke writes: I had a one-day one-2-one coaching with a client. At the very beginning he asked me, “Are you able to coach yourself with your own coaching tools?” I said, “No, I use paid coaches like you, and in my network of coaches we coach each other.” Then I remembered, “And yes, I can coach myself. ...

Review of ‘Clean Language’ by Angus McLeod

Wendy Sullivan and Judy Rees had done a valuable service in bringing practical and accessible learning to Clean Language. Having been invited by the founder of ‘Clean’, David Grove to Auckland, NZ., I was exposed to his genius. Like others before me, most notably, authors Penny Tompkins and James Lawley (who made ‘Clean Language ...

What happened at Summer School…

Clean Summer School is one of the highlights of our calendar. For two weeks, students, trainers and assistants from all over the world come together in Cambridge, UK, to immerse themselves in a powerful exploration. “I’m very enthusiastic about this intensive training… (which) got directly on my best way of learning. I’m ...

Case study: Analyst’s Clean questions save 34-million Euro project

Roland Hill*, a business analyst for Dutch IT specialists IPROFS, used Clean Language to reveal a number of misunderstandings which could have caused the collapse of an 34.9 million-Euro project involving financial institutions across Europe. He joined the project after the functionality of the new computer system had apparently been agreed. ...

Discover the mind’s hidden depths with Clean Language

Metaphor opens a door to deeper understanding of yourself and other people – and Clean Language is the key to unlocking people’s metaphors. We use metaphor easily and naturally to communicate complex ideas, and to understand other people’s ideas from their metaphors. It’s as if metaphor is the native language of the mind, particularly ...

Where are all these metaphors? I can’t spot them!

Clean Language questions are most often – and most usefully – used to ask about the metaphors a person uses. Being asked the questions helps to bring the metaphors to life, making new information available to the person. But what if you’re not noticing metaphors yet? Where on earth are they? Incidentally, a good definition of ...

Book review: Business NLP For Dummies by Lynne Cooper

Review by Judy Rees Want a straightforward, practical book to help you make a start with NLP? If you work in any kind of business or organisation, this one fits the bill. All the most useful concepts and activities from the world of NLP are here, potted into neat bite-sized pieces. And, at last, Clean Language takes its rightful place among ...

Experiencing Clean Business Exchange 2008

“Judge others by their questions rather than by their answers” – Voltaire Report by Jitse van Ameijde, November 2008 Not often do you find yourself in a situation where a group of people are brought together by their shared passion for an idea. Yet when you do find yourself in such a situation, something interesting happens. The idea ...

From Prof David Clutterbuck

Wendy Sullivan and Judy Rees (2008) Clean Language: Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds, Crown House, Carmarthen, 205 pages Ever since David Grove inspired others to use clean language in therapy, its uses in other disciplines have been evident. For many coaches, clean language is little more than a collection of 12 helpful and logical ...

International Clean Conference

19 & 20 May 2012

Clean Conference brings together enthusiasts of Clean Language, Clean Space, Emergent Knowledge, The Power of Six and other aspects of the work of the late, great David Grove.

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Clean in Japanese

Excitingly, the Japanese translation of our book, Clean Language: Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds has now been published, and as far as we know, this is the first Japanese publication on the subject of Clean. If you have any Japanese-speaking colleagues or friends, please spread the word. The book can be bought from the Japanese publishers' website: www.shunjusha.co.jp

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Clean Language:

Revealing Metaphors and Opening Minds

by
Wendy Sullivan and
Judy Rees

Clean Change Company